the battle allowed the australians to gain dominance over ph ##uo ##c tu ##y province and 1 at ##f was not fundamentally challenged again . regardless , during february 1967 the australians suffered their heaviest casualties in the war to that point , losing 16 men killed and 55 wounded in a single week , the bulk during operation br ##ib ##ie . yet with the ph ##uo ##c tu ##y province coming progressively under control throughout 1967 , the australians increasingly spent a significant period of time conducting operations further afi ##eld . 1 at ##f was subsequently deployed astrid ##e in ##filtration routes leading to saigon to inter ##dict communist movement against the capital as part of operation co ##burg during the 1968 te ##t offensive
the battle allowed the australians to gain dominance over phuoc tuy province and 1 atf was not fundamentally challenged again. regardless, during february 1967 the australians suffered their heaviest casualties in the war to that point, losing 16 men killed and 55 wounded in a single week, the bulk during operation bribie. yet with the phuoc tuy province coming progressively under control throughout 1967, the australians increasingly spent a significant period of time conducting operations further afield. 1 atf was subsequently deployed astride infiltration routes leading to saigon to interdict communist movement against the capital as part of operation coburg during the 1968 tet offensive